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Service Personnel (Belize)
Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel have died in non-combat situations in Belize in each year since the garrison was first established there. [209659]
Mr. Caplin: There has been a British military presence in one form or another in Belize (former British Honduras) since the late 17th Century. In modern times the Regular British Army went to Belize in 1948 and a garrison has been there continuously since this time.
Between 1 January 1984 and 31 December 2004, 27Service personnel died in non-combat situations in Belize. It is not possible to provide information on deaths prior to 1984 as centrally held death records are known to be unreliable. A breakdown of these deaths by year is provided as follows.
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| Non-combat deaths | |
|---|---|
| 1984 | 2 |
| 1985 | 4 |
| 1986 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 |
| 1988 | 2 |
| 1989 | 4 |
| 1990 | 1 |
| 1991 | 2 |
| 1992 | 8 |
| 1993 | 1 |
| 1994 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 |
| 2000–04 | 0 |
| Total | 27 |
Trafalgar Celebrations
Mr. Ivan Henderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made on identifying areas of support his Department can give to ensure the involvement of the Sea Cadet Association in celebrations of the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. [210681]
Mr. Ingram [holding answer 24 January 2005]: The Royal Navy will be providing accommodation and transport around the Portsmouth area, and subsidised food for Sea Cadets participating in the Trafalgar 200 (T200) commemoration programme. Sea Cadets will be actively involved in all T200 events as a visible demonstration of the Past Glories—Future Horizons" theme. It is planned that over the three days the Fleet are in the Solent (the rehearsal day, the review day and the dispersal day) there will be 2,000 cadets on board ships in the Fleet Review, allowing them to experience the Review at first hand. Significant participation is also planned at both the Son et Lumiere and the International Drumhead Ceremony and for the International Festival of the Sea around five hundred cadets will be involved in a multitude of displays. Furthermore, it is planned that places for Sea Cadets will be made available at the St. Paul's Cathedral Service on 23 October and, on the same date, naval cadets will play a key part at the Celebrations in the Square" Grand Finale event in Trafalgar Square.
Training (Overseas Personnel)
Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list countries which have sent military personnel to the United Kingdom for military training in each of the last three years; and how many personnel were sent in each case. [209919]
Mr. Caplin:
During the last three years more than 12,000 overseas military personnel, from 137 countries, have been trained at UK military establishments. A full breakdown of the numbers trained, by country, is in the following table.
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CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
Casinos
Mr. Greenway: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans she has to include existing casinos in the proposed pilots for large and small casinos. [211327]
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Mr. Caborn: Existing casinos will have the opportunity to bid for licences to become small or large casinos. If successful, they will be able to operate with all the new entitlements authorised by the new licence.
We wish to ensure that the existing industry is treated fairly, and remain willing to consider suggestions to that end.
Departmental Budget
Dr. Cable:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the resources that have
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been allocated under each departmental heading and subheading in the 2004 departmental report following the spending review 2004 for each year to 2007–08. [203987]
Mr. Caborn [holding answer 13 December 2004]: The information is not yet available in the form that the hon. Member requests it. I have therefore set out in the table, the summary details of the Spending Review for the Department's sectors. The full information requested will be available in the Department's Annual Report which is expected to be published at the end of April.
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